Science is an imaginative adventure of the mind seeking truth in a world of mystery.

Sir Cyril Herman Hinshelwood

Monday, April 9, 2012

April 9-13

Weekly Lessons
April 9th-13th

Monday-Bellringer #42 Read "What machines are used on bikes?" pg. 435 Students will take notes and have discussion over Chapter 13 Section 1 about Work, Power, and Mechanical Advantage. Homework- Chapter 13 vocab words and work, power, and mechanical advantange practice problems.

Tuesday- Bellringer #43 Students will watch a video clip about simple machines and have to create a table about different kinds of incline planes, wedges, and screws. Students will participate in a Power Output Lab where they will be figuring out how much work they are exerting to run and walk up a flight of stairs and what time it takes them. Then students will calculate how much power they used. Homework- Ch 13 S.1 Concept Review.

Wednesday- Students will watch a clip about the physics of roller coasters. Then students will take notes and have discussion over Chapter 13 S.2. Homework- Chapter 13 S.2 Concept Review and Quiz.

Thursday- Bellringer #44 What simple machines do you think Egyptians used to build the pyramids? Students will then watch a video explaining how the pyramids were built and what machines were used. Students will participate in a Simple Machiens Lab where they will be calculating the mechanical advantage of an inclined plane. Homework- Chaptyer 13 S.2 Review Questions #1-8.

Friday- Bellringer #45 Students will watch a video clip about simple machines and have to create a table about different kinds of levers, pulleys, and wheels and axels. Students will take notes and have discussion over Chapter 13 S.3. Homework- Ch 13 S.3 Concept Review and Quiz.

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I've been teaching at Paris Cooperative High School for almost three years. I completed my undergraduate work at Western Illinois University. I am currently working on a masters at Eastern Illinois University in Natural Science.